diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 563c6a3333..a43abd21ee 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -25,3 +25,21 @@ updates:
       include: "scope"
     labels:
       - "dependencies"
+  - package-ecosystem: "docker"
+    directory: "/tests/playwright" # Playwright Docker image
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore"
+      include: "scope"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/tests/playwright" # Playwright pytest plugin
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore"
+      include: "scope"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index c1a400b304..ae0c06979e 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -41,3 +41,12 @@ services:
       - "8000"
     volumes:
       - ./.devcontainer:/.devcontainer
+
+  playwright:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: tests/playwright/Dockerfile
+    image: benefits_client:playwright
+    volumes:
+      - ./tests/playwright:/playwright
+    command: ./run.sh
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a2b2080fc7..52845ef347 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ test = [
     "pytest",
     "pytest-django",
     "pytest-mock",
+    "pytest-playwright", # only for writing tests. run tests using playwright Docker Compose service
     "pytest-socket",
 ]
 
diff --git a/tests/playwright/.gitignore b/tests/playwright/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a4b15330a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/playwright/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+__pycache__
+.pytest_cache
+test-results
diff --git a/tests/playwright/Dockerfile b/tests/playwright/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1cea1d8e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/playwright/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# https://playwright.dev/docs/docker
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/python:v1.48.0-jammy
+
+WORKDIR /playwright
+
+COPY tests/playwright/requirements.txt requirements.txt
+
+RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip && \
+   pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+USER pwuser
diff --git a/tests/playwright/pytest.ini b/tests/playwright/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03d2265ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/playwright/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[pytest]
+addopts = --tracing on -v --template=html1/index.html --report=test-results/report.html --video on
diff --git a/tests/playwright/requirements.txt b/tests/playwright/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36aad0ab09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/playwright/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+playwright==1.48.0 # needs to match version on Docker image
+pytest
+pytest-playwright
+pytest-reporter-html1
diff --git a/tests/playwright/run.sh b/tests/playwright/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d390fc1e27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/playwright/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+pytest
diff --git a/tests/playwright/test_healthcheck.py b/tests/playwright/test_healthcheck.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51b6ce9672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/playwright/test_healthcheck.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from playwright.sync_api import Page, expect
+
+
+def test_dev_healthcheck(page: Page):
+    page.goto("https://dev-benefits.calitp.org/healthcheck")
+
+    expect(page.get_by_text("Healthy")).to_be_visible()
diff --git a/tests/pytest/run.sh b/tests/pytest/run.sh
index 8d06749e6a..fe384aaca8 100755
--- a/tests/pytest/run.sh
+++ b/tests/pytest/run.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -eu
 
 # run normal pytests
-coverage run -m pytest
+coverage run -m pytest tests/pytest
 
 # clean out old coverage results
 rm -rf benefits/static/coverage